Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Chinese or Lunar New Year means different things depending on what age you are. If you’re a grandparent or belonging to the older generation, it’d be a festive and joyous occasion where the extended family gathers for the reunion
Users of the micro-four thirds camera systems regularly debate on what are the best prime lenses for the system, and one phrase often gets bounced around – the “m4/3 Holy Trinity”. There aren’t any religious connotations to its usage of
Another month, another visit to see the ongoing construction of our new home @ The Minton condo. The site’s Facebook page is quite lively with at least a couple other photographers (besides myself) making regular trips to the place to
I just realized that after the at least several thousands of pictures I’ve taken of our girl using the 20mm f1.7 and 30mm f2.8 prime lenses, I’ve hardly made a blog post of the pictures taken using the (boring and
Hannah knows Christmas isn’t too far away. She’s spotted the early festive decorations at shopping malls and even cheekily asked if those trees are ours. We still have our tree from last year, sans a couple of leaves and white
We celebrated our 6th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday with High Tea at the Carousel @ Royal Plaza on Scotts. Ling has been raving about the place since a visit with colleagues there earlier this year. Prices were about reasonable for
We had a delightful albeit lazy holiday-day with Hannah yesterday. I’m still especially surprised at how fast she’s able to put things together, and better able to hold conversations and ‘negotiate’ with us. For example, after waking her up yesterday
More Hannah photos taken in the last fortnight with the Sigma 30mm! Developmental notes: we’ve noticed that Hannah isn’t naturally inclined towards getting into tantrums, and standoffs between her and us for the last 6 months now seem few and
Another weekend and more pictures of Hannah with the 2 weeks old Sigma 30mm f2.8! Hannah on Saturday mornings is usually up at around 7 AM-ish – about an hour after I get up, which means that the two of
New series of posts with the 30mm and my favorite photographic subject! The spread of photos here were taken throughout the week, and all on the newly acquired Sigma 30mm f2.8 lens .The bokeh isn’t as creamy as the 20mm
The Panasonic 20mm f1.7 has become the lens I use most often when I’m at home or taking pictures of Hannah. The lens is beautifully sharp in the center, works wonderfully well in low-light, and starts-up quickly when attached to
Shortly after I picked up the Goofy stuffed toy from Hannah’s favorite character from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoon series, I asked her to pick her second favorite character – which she immediately replied ‘Pluto!!’. The toy arrived over the
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